Where Islam spreads, freedom dies

This happened in Angers to some members of Génération Identitaire, the group that made international headlines when they occupied the roof of the (future) Poitiers mosque last year.

It is 6.30 pm when a group of five young patriot activists are coming out of a building in a busy shopping street in the city centre, when they are accosted by four people claiming to be "antifas" who recognised them from an evening vigil in Angers. One of the young activists present on the scene testifies: "They insulted us. We asked them who they were, they refused to reply, it ended there. Less than two minutes later in the same street, about twenty people jumped us, armed with planks with nails in, baseball bats, as well as knuckledusters and knives." The clash was brief and violent, the young identitarian who tried to face up to them was struck violently on the head by the antifas, armed with a wooden handle spiked with nails. From a blow struck to the back of the skill his head hit against the rear window of a parked vehicle, shattering it.

Dazed, the activist fell to the ground and his attacker struck him again. By a miracle, the young identitarian came out of it not too badly. He says today: "I came out of it with pains in the sides, two 5 cm long boards: one on the skull and the second on the nape of the neck (with a nail hole). When I took the first blow my head struck against a car window that shattered from the shock. I was then on the ground, my attacker took the opportunity to strike another blow to the nape of my neck. I was really lucky. I think these blows could have been fatal."